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yOLUME LVU : NUMBER 5 raEFORD, HOKE COL NTY, NORTH Ci ROLIN.4
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The Hoke County Ne¥a« Etioblished 1928
THURSDAY, JUNE Jl, iftf
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Miss Oliver
Goodby
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Cold Storage
Moves Ahead
By SAM MORRIS
' “I think a contribution to the
children of this communi^ was
■v^made by my work in the high
school library.” said Miss
Mildred Oliver Friday night
when she entertained members
of the Board of Education,
school committee and friends
with a dinner at the school
cafeteria
She told her guests that she
had resigned her position here
in order to continue working
on a Ph. D. degree at the
University of Mich^an.
Prior to the dinner, the
librarian took, her guests on a
tour ofthe school library, point
ing out the strong features of the
b(Mk collection and furnishings.
The group was particularly
impressed by the Vocational
Guidance Materials center and
the state and local history
holdings. The ccnferedbe room
of the library had been recently
decorated and furnished by Miss
Oliver in preparation for the
coming school year.
4tin announcii^ her resigna
tion, Miss Oliver said she had
^Ifilled her promise to
straighten out the library. All
books have been catalogue, and
valueless books have been dis
carded. ‘^his is one of the few
school libraries in the state
in this condition,”, she said.
‘•Let’s keep the library going
forward.” she said. “You can’t
be popular and do things right,
so please hire someone who is
capable of doing this important
job.”
The appearance ofthe library
certainly backed up Miss
Oliver’s statemMt that her own
money plus many overtime
hours had gone into the task
of straightening out the room
and its contents. The school
men were unanimously im
pressed by her work.
Of course. Miss Oliver had a
considerable amoum of help,
which she freely acknowledged,
from students, other teachers
and citizens.
Mrs. B. B. Cole and Mrs.
D. G. McFadyen assisted the
librarian in the serving of
dinner to the group.
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ABC Board Looks
Outside Raeford
VOLLEY BALL AND PING-PCWG—And a lot of dandy
games, but the lyric of the song continues, “What don’t
they get, they don’t get dames." These are Army Nation
al Guardsmen from Sanford and Raleigh engaged in a little
after-dinner recreation in front of the Ashemont SchooL
See page 2 for complete photo coverage of local Guards
men camping in the boondocks.
Button, button, who’s got the
ABC Store ?
While there was no official
answer to.diat quest^n this
week, it seemed just aBout
certain that the store would be
located just outside the town
limits near US 401.
ABC Board Chairman K. A.
MacDonald declined comment
on the question of a site, but
said it was ”no secret we’ve
been looking at locations outside
of town.”
Board member William
Lamont, 'Jr. indicated the group
was trying to avoid any 1^^
hassle that might be involved in'
establishing the store within
Raeford.
A provision of the Town
Charter, passed in 1901, forbids
town or county commissioners
to grant a ’’license” for the
sale of spiritous liquors. The
validity of this provision is a
knotty legal question, with the
Bu$y Beet Go
Wild On VS 401
Busy Dees swarmeo around
Ed Newton’s service station
in Wayside Sunday afternoon
and stung several persons re
peatedly, including Newton, Mrs
Isabelle Dombkowski and Mrs.
Mac Stewart of Lumberton.
The bees escaped from a
trailer drawn by a car driven
by Daniel Heath. He was not
aware of the incident until in-
fornieo ot it much later at his
home.
Mrs. Dombkowski was treat
ed by Dr. Clifton Davenport
upon her return to Raeford.
She was given injections of
adrenalin and cortisone deri
vative as she sustained per-
hiq)s as many as a hundred
stings.
One sting, for an allergic
person, is enough to kill. But,
fortunately Mrs. Dombkowski
had little or no allergy to bee
stings.
office of the Attorney General
having taken a firm stand on bodi
sides.
Under the 1937 TurUngton
*Aci. the r^ulatloo of%|te s^e
of alcoholic beveMRes is a
function of ABC Boards at the
local and state level.
Realtor Julian Wright, known
to be interested in a shopping
development on US 401, also
declin^ comment on the liquor
store location problem. Wright
did say that he hoped to have a
comment next week, and
MacDonald’s board also indi
cated they were about to
’’finalize” the question of the
location.
In a related area. Sheriffs
deputies Dave Barrington and
Jesse Lee went into the woods
Tuesday for three days of scenic
traveling to some of the more
outstanding (and illegal) stills.
The deputies had not returned
at N-J press time, and a report
of their “vacation” will be
carried next week.
Summer Play
Schedule
In Full Swing
The summer recreation pro
gram moved right along this
week, with the Pacific Mills
men and women softball leagues
adding to the excitement.
In the men’s softball league,
teams representing the staff
and dye-weave are deadlocked
for first place with identical
3-0 records. A town team is
bringing up the rear with 0-4.
Among the wombn. Staff and
Town 1 are tied with 3-1 re
cords.
In Little League ball, the
Blue Devils and the Tar Heels
are on top with 3-2 records.
Right behind them are the De
mon Deacons and the Wolfpack
with 2-3 marks.
Larry Andrews belted two
circuit clouts for theTar Heels
last week as they edged the
Wolfpack 9-7.
Letter From The Bootleg Capital Of The World
TO THE EDITC«s
T read the front page story
^ lil your June 7th issue about the
proposed ABC store in Rae
ford. I was especially interest
ed in a short reference to my
native Johnston County which
said, “Jdhnston County, boot
leg capital of the world.”
I hate to admit it, but that
statement is probably correct.
We grow a lot of tobacco, raise
a lot of hogs and in recent
years have started a lot of new
^.Industry, but we still make %
helluva lot of liquor.
You can buy it by the drink,
by the pint, by the pickup load
or by special arrangement you
could possibly have a pipe line
installed to your place, fx is
great to live in such a dry
county. I dare stqr that there
is enough liquor in Johnston
County at any given time to
get the whole state of North
Carolina and Eastern Tenne
ssee drunk for two days.
A few years back a dam-
yankee stopped at a house by
VF inain higtnray to ask direc-
’ tions. When the man came to
the door he had a pint of ABC
liqaor in his hand, thinking the
yankee was anodier customer.
That goes to show you that the
bootl^ers are not just partial
to home folks. (By the way . . .
die yankee bought the pint and
found out that he was on the
right road.)
In spite of a few bad points.
Johnston County is still a good
place to live and we have the
best twice weekly newspaper
in the country. I will concede
that the News-Journal is the
best weekly.
Don’t let the ABC store
business get your down. If
things get too bad you can al
ways get a load or two from
you-know-where.
Sincerely,
KENNETH B. BAKER
Local Guard Unit Gets
Good Grades For Week
Bo$dc Reports First Blossoms
The Headquarters Company
of the 2d M^ium Tank Batta
lion. currently on the Bragg
Reservation for their annual
2-week summer encampment.
Judge Greene
Holds Court
Judge Harry A. Greene re
turned to his Recorder’s Court
bench Tuesday after an ab
sence due to illness of several
months.
”I’m mighty glad to be back”
said the Judge, who promptly
disposed of several cases with
his old-time enthusiasm.
During Judge Greene’s ab
sence, his place on the bench
was capably filled by Vice Re
corder J. M. Andrews of An
tioch.
Another, more recent, illqess
with legal complications Was
the heart attack suffered by
Highway Patrolman Joe Dupree
a week ago Wednesday.
Since the hospitalized Dupree
could not appear in court, all
of his cases were continued by
Judge Greene indefinitely.
The complete Recorder’s
Court roundup is elsewhere in
today’s N-J.
has received an average grade
of 94.22 from Army evalua
tors thus far.
Captain Tommy Macko, com
manding officer of the local
Army National Guard unit, said
he was “well pleased with per
formance to date.
The Headquaners Company
provides various administra
tive and support services for
the Battalion which is com
manded by Lt Col. T. B. Les
ter. That battalion is also play
ing an Important role in the
encampment as it is responsi
ble for the training exercises
that will "oienq” the combat
tank-infantry teams for the
entire 30th Division.
The Commander-in-Chlef of
the 30th Division former
Guardsman, Terry Sanford was
in Hoke County on Wednesday,
moving from unit to unit at the
Reservation. The Governor’s
visit lasted most of the day
and included most of the Guard
units now in the field.
For complete photo coverage
of the encampment see page 2
in today’s N-J.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Morrison
and children have returned from
a vacation at Cherry Grove.
The honor of having the first
cotton blossoms this year —
at least the first that were
reported — goes to Gardner
Bostic of Antioch.
Bostic reported two blos
soms on the stalk last Friday,
June 15.
Right behind Bostic were
Mrs. J. M. Norton and James
Oldham, both of Rt. 1 Raeford.
who reported blossoms on their
farms on Tuesday, June 19.
But while the blossoms were
coming out this year much ear
lier than last year. Agent W.C.
Williford reported that an ex
cess of rain had bleached out
the available nitrt^en in all
crops, especially cotton.
In order to maintain growth,
Williford advised farmers to
replenish the nitrogen by ap
plying 75-100 pounds of ni
trate of soda. He said this
would eliminate the “yellow
ing” appearance of the field
crops.
Ironically, it was only a few
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Upchurch
auended the N. C. Masonry
Association convention at
Sedgefleld Inn in Greensboro
Monday and Tuesday. The Up
church children, Diane, David
and Clyde, III, stayed with Mr.
and Mrs. Robert McClesky in
Winston-Salem.
A local curporation will
probably be set up soon to
finance the construction of a
deep freeze storage unit for the
poultry plant, Tom Cameron
said this week.
Strong suppon for the move
developed last Thursday night
at a meeting attended by
business and agricultural
leaders., A Chamber of Com
merce committee, headed by
Lawrence McNeill, is expected
to organize the corporation as
soon as a 4-man syndicate of
purchasers submits plans,
specifications and cost esti
mates for the deep freeze unit.
In the syndicate that has con
ditionally agreed to purchase
and operate the plant are:
Herbie Evans, Jr. of Laurin-
burg. Marvin Johnson of Rose
Hill. D. J. Murray of Mount
Olive, and Sherwood Stone of
Lumberton.
All of these men are promi
nent turkey growers in the area,
and their output alone is almost
sufficient to keep the plant
working at full capacity.
At one time, it was believed
that the poultry plant property
was not big enough for the
construction of a deep freeze
unit. But measurements taken
last week. Cameron said, show
that the property still has plenty
of room for new const rucdon.
Preliminary estimates on the
cost of the deep-freeze unit are
in the neighborhood of1125,000.
If the local corporation plan
goes through, something along
the lines of the Hoke Develop
ment Corporation that IwQt
die plant now occupied by US
Rubber, half of that S125.000
will be raised by sale of stock
to local citizens.
The other half of the 1125.000
will be loaned by a bank on the
security of a long term lease
signed by the syndicate
Joe Dupree
In Hospital,
Heart Attaek
Popular Highway Patrolman
Joe Dupree was reported
resting comfortably at Moore
County Memorial Hospital this
week following a moderately se
vere hean attack sustained
a week ago Wednesday night
Dupree was stricken at a 1k
cal service station. He had been
complaining that evening of
’’indigestion” according to
members of his family.
He will be hospitalized for
at least two weeks and will not
return to work for at least two
months. Restrictions on his
hospital visitors are expected
to be lifted shortly.
weeks ago that local farmers
were in a tizzy because of lack
of rain. Now, the problem is
too much.
One observer noted that the
rains began pouring down short
ly after the County voted ”wet”.
The meaning of this ’’sign”
from the heavens is believed
to be subject to several inter
pretations.
Two Teensters
Injured In Car
Two Hoke teen-agers were
reported in satisfactory condi
tion this week at Scotland Me
morial Hospital, following a
serious wreck that occurred
early Sunday morning in Ro
beson County.
Jerry Smith was hospitaliz
ed with broken ribs, a punc
tured lung and a crushed chest.
His companion. Miss Orando
Cheavis. sustained a broken
shoulder.
Highway patrolmen said
Smith’s 1955 sedan ran off NC
71 and crashed into a ditch
by the side of the road. The
damage to the car was total.
Mr. ana .virs. Border Niven
spent Sunday at Lake Wacca-
maw with Mrs. Pauline Hen
son.
Wheelers
Draw
Transfer
The transfer of the Rev. Ker-
mit R. Wheeler is expected to be
announced today (Thursday) at
the North Carolina Methodist
Conference now meeting at
Kinston.
Wheeler, the popular pastor
of Raeford Methodist for the
past five years is slated to take
over the pulpit chores at Long
Memorial Methodist Church in
Roxboro.
”We hate to go.” said Mrs.
Wheeler. ’’Raeford people are
wonderful, wonderful. But the
Methodist church believes in
transferring its preachers
around.”
Scheduled as Wheeler’s re
placement is the Rev. R. E. L.
Moser, now the pastor of Tri
nity Methodist in Raleigh. Va
rious Methodist laymen in Rae
ford have joked for a long time
that the only acceptable pastors
here are those vrtth football
playing sons, but it is not known
at this time whether Moser
fits into this important aspect
of the local scene.
The departing Wheelers cer
tainly did. Their three boys~
David. Charles and Ken —all
established fine reputations for
their athletic ability. Of the
three, rising junior Ken Wheeler
was considered the best pros
pect of them all.
Ken was slated for workhorse
duty as a fullback on this fall’s
Buck squad. He will be sorely
missed.
But. fortunately, the Bucks
do not play Roxboro!
Moving day for all transfer
ring preachers is set for next
week. The Wheelers will he
gone, the Mosers will arrive,
and Raeford Methodists will
settle back to get acquainted
with their new pastor.
Nancy
Parker
Named
Nancy Kay Parker, daughter
of Mrs. Dick Parker of Wayside
has been named as the reci
pient of a scholarship loan from
the Home Demonstration Qubs
of North Carolina. She will en
ter nurses training at Charlotte
Memorial Hospital this fall.
Under the terms of this
award. Miss Parker will be
able to borrow up to $500 per
year for three years, with no
interest on the loan until three
years after her graduation.
She has been active in 4-H
work, holding numerous posi
tions in her local club and the
4-H county councU. She is a
member of Parker Methodist
Church and a past president of
the Methodist Youth Fellowship
there.
At Hoke High, where shegra-
duated this spring. Miss Parker
was an outstanding student and
a member of the glee club and
the Future Teachers of
America.
NANCT PARKER
. . . SdnUrsUp
'MY GAL iS PREGNANT"
Crisis On The Campus As Students Abandon Values
By peter B. young
The young, student walks into
the minister’s office across the
street from N. C. State College
In Raleigh. The student is
nervous. He has reason to be.
^ ”My gal is pregnant. What
am I gonna do?”
The Rev. John Brown, pastor
at West Raleigh Presbyterian,
replies:
”That’s a good question.”
This is the challenge of the
campus ministry. Brown told
an audience of Raeford Presby
terian men Tuesday night in the
churdi’s fellowship room.
“The students can’t go to
professors, they give grades.
So they come to us. ’My gal
is pr^ant.’ ’My wife doesn’t
love me.’ ’How do I knowthere
is a God.’”
American colleges today,
said the Raleigh minister, are
’’suitcase campuses. Every
student has a car. When the
weekend comes, they’re gone.”
But there is one exception to
this general rule. Durli^exam
week, students stay on campus
and they even attend church I
The sp^er listed two reasons
why college students attend
church dur]^ exam week:
’’It’s a good excuse for not
studying. And they want the
Lord on their side.”
Brown painted a grim picture
of campus life. Gone are the
carefree days of the sweetheart
of Sigma Chi and the athlete as
the big man on campus.
’’Students now,” he said,
’’are continually pressed for
time. They’re worked much
harder than we were. There’s
so much pressure to make good.
If they’re married, the wife sits
at home alone and domestic
bliss goes down the drain.”
The so-called ’’silent gen
eration” is apparently real, at
least according to Brown’s
observations. ’’We’re raising
a whole generation of apathetic
college students. They thiidt
life is an idiocy. They have a
shifting scale of values.
Pleasure is what counu, and
their behavior takes them in the
direction of the greatest
pleasure.”
The Importance of the campus
ministry was explained by
Brown this way. He noted that
there were 1,301 students at
resbyterian collies in Mordi
Carolina. But there are 4,551
Presbyterian students at public,
non-church schools.
”A majority of Presliy-
terlans,” he said, ’’are edu
cated at non-Presbyterian
schools. And these students,
from non-Presbyterian schools
are our ministers and leading
laymen of tomorrow. That’s
why we need a strong Christian
wimess on the campus.”
Brown said his office was
always glad to receive a letter
from a student’s home com
munity, but he poured some
withering scorn on one wpe
of lener that comes in fre»'
quently. That type goes as
follows:
“Dear Sin A member of our
church. Joe Blow, is now a stu
dent at N. C State Collie. Of
course. Joe hasn’t attended our
church for two years, but we
feel sure you can re-enlist him
in The Kingdom.”
Complained the Raleigh man,
”We have laymen who have
attended Sunday School for 40
years, and th^ still are not
fully committed to Jesus Christ
This Is ridiculous r*
\ The North Carolina Synoo
^supports the campus mlnbtry
at churches such as Brown’s,
but this suppon is on a sttoo-
string basis. “Last year,” he
said, ’’the Synod gave us SSfkof
our budget request, and mat
wasn’t a padded budget either.
It was a rockboctom minimum.”
College enrollments are
going up, up, up, he pointed out
In 1967, Ae enrollment at N.C,
State was 5.000. In 1961, diat
enrollment was up 501bto7,S00i
Another SOIL jump is anticipated
in the next fewyears as the tidal
wave of war babies ntiniies
to eqgulf die colleges.
”We need your help real
bad,” the Rev. Brown con-
Brown was introduced by the
Rsv. W. B. Heyward, who noaad
that the visliing preacher was a
graduate of “the great class of
1940 at Union SemiBaiy, adaasr
that ha* voddbed ma^ of the
, hng Souihara
most
preaehars in service tod^i.’'
Heyward also graduated froa
Union Ssifdtery IB 1940.
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